Amid tight security, jailed Uttar Pradesh MLA Abbas Ansari reached Ghazipur jail from where he will be taken in police custody to the place where ‘fatiha’ ceremony of his late father Mukhtar Ansari is being held on Wednesday. Mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda recently. The Supreme Court on Tuesday […]
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UP: Mukhtar Ansari laid to rest in Ghazipur, amid tight security
The last rites of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari were concluded peacefully on Saturday according to his brother Afzal Ansari. Ansari was laid to rest at Mohammadabad, in the Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh, amid tight security. “Everything concluded peacefully,” Ansari told reporters after participating in the last rites. “A crowd had gathered […]
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Probe ordered into Mukhtar Ansari’s death, three-member team formed to conduct magisterial investigation
A three-member team will conduct a magisterial investigation into the death of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari. The Chief Judicial Magistrate Banda issued orders concerning the judicial probe. Officials said a panel of two doctors will do the post-mortem, which will be videographed. Mukhtar Ansari’s body will be handed over to his […]
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“A matter of investigation…”: Nishad party Chief Sanjay Nishad on Mukhtar Ansari’s death
Amid opposition raising questions on the Uttar Pradesh government over the death of gangster Mukhtar Ansari, Uttar Pradesh minister and Nishad party Chief Sanjay Nishad said that the opposition is out of topics and hence creates big deal out of everything. Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari passed away at Banda Medical College Hospital in Uttar Pradesh after […]
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“No one safe in jail”, says SP MP Ram Gopal Yadav on death of Mukhtar Ansari
Samajwadi Party MP Ram Gopal Yadav said on Friday that the circumstances under which former MLA Mukhtar Ansari died are “extremely worrying,” questioning whether the Uttar Pradesh government “will order a judicial inquiry.” Mukhtar Anasri died in a hospital in Banda, Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday. पूर्व विधायक मुख़्तार अंसारी की […]
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SC issues notice to UP govt on Mukhtar Ansari plea challenging Allahabad HC order
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Uttar Pradesh government on Mukhtar Ansari’s plea challenging Allahabad High Court order convicting him under Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act. A bench of justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi sought reply from Uttar Pradesh Government on the plea by Ansari. Ansari has challenged Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow […]
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UP govt demolishes illegal property of Mukhtar Ansari’s gang member in Ghazipur
Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday removed illegal portions of a residential structure belonging to deceased Kamlesh Singh “Pradhan”, who was a gang member of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, in the Ghazipur district. The removal action was carried out amid heavy deployment of the police force. The administration’s crackdown came amidst the […]
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SC stays Allahabad HC order convicting former UP MLA Mukhtar Ansari for threatening jailer
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Allahabad High Court order convicting former Uttar Pradesh MLA Mukhtar Ansari and sentencing him to a seven-year jail term for intimidating and threatening a jailer to kill in 2003. A bench of Justices BR Gavai Justice Vikram Nath also issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government and sought its […]
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Mukhtar Ansari imprisoned for 10 years in a gangster case,fine of Rs five lakh was also imprisoned
Mukhtar Ansari has suffered another setback from the court. In the gangster case, the MP-MLA of Ghazipur has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment and a fine of Rs five lakh. People were waiting for this decision of the court given in 1996 for the 5 cases. Tight security arrangements […]
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UP: Lucknow court rejects anticipatory bail plea of Mukhtar Ansari’s son Abbas Ansari
A local court in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday rejected the anticipatory bail application of Mau Sadar MLA and Mukhtar Ansari’s son Abbas Ansari. The court had issued a non-bailable warrant against him in the case registered at the Mahanagar police station in Lucknow in October 2019. Last month, Mau Superintendent of Police […]
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BJP leader Alka Rai arrested in Mukhtar Ansari ambulance case
Uttar Pradesh Police arrested BJP leader Dr Alka Rai and her brother Sheshnath Rai on Tuesday in connection with the Mukhtar Ansari ambulance case. Police registered a case under the Gangsters Act against Ansari and 12 others in the case for allegedly using an ambulance to travel from jail to a […]
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Mukhtar Ansari to appear in Punjab’s Mohali and UP’s Lucknow court virtually today
BSP leader and gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari will be presented at Punjab’s Mohali court and Lucknow court in Uttar Pradesh on Monday in connection with two cases. Ansari, who is at present in Banda jail will appear in these courts virtually today. In Mohali court, a case of extortion will be heard while in […]
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UP Police team leaves Punjab’s Rupnagar jail with Mukhtar Ansari
A team of Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday left Punjab’s Rupnagar jail with gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who is facing trial in several cases. This comes days after the Supreme Court ordered the transfer of the BSP MLA from Punjab jail to UP jail within two weeks. The team of UP police reached Rupnagar […]